The Hindu 02.02.2011
Five floors of building sealed for violations
: Five floors of a building in Periamet were sealed by officials of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) on Tuesday.
According to a release, the owner of the commercial building on old No.32, new No.36, Thiruvengadam Street and old No.34, new No.41, Naval Hospital Road had started constructing five additional floors in an existing G+3 floor building without obtaining permission from the CMDA.
The owner failed to furnish any approved plan in response to the notice issued by the CMDA.
Later, the owner submitted a planning permission application requesting regularisation of the building. The application was examined and planning permission refused by the CMDA.
The five floors of the building were sealed under the provisions of Sections 56 and 57 of Town and Country Planning Act, 1971.
The owner of the multi-storeyed building violated the development regulations in terms of site extent, excess coverage, abutting road width, parking, set back space, floor space index and fire safety measures, the release said.
